Combination-rack.



yc. BENSON. COMBINATION RACK. APPLICATION FILED MAY I I9I5 1,240,655. Patented sept. 18,1917.

Annan I CHARLES BENSON, or oosc'oB, ooNNEoTIoUT.

' COMBINATION -RACK.'

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Slept; 18, 191*Y.

Application filed May 1, 1915. Serial No. 25,322.

To all whom 25 may concern: .Y

Be it known that I, CHAnLEs BENSON, a

citizen of the United States, residing at` Coscob,l in the county A `of Greenwich and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combination-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combination racks provided with means for temporarily holding the same in locked condition and it consists in thenovel features hereinafter described and claimed. d

The rack is especially adapted to be used in barber shops, hotels, cafes, etc., and'has particular reference to .the-locking features whereby thev device is made a safety rack for coats, hats, umbrellasand canes. Great annoyance andloss constantly arises in barber shops, for example, owing to the fact that coats, etc., are hung up without vbeing properly guarded and are Vcarried awayeither by design or mistake.

patrons of the shop feel that their belongings are perfectly safe while their backsare turned, I have invented the rack shown in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe rack with parts in section.

Fig. 2 is a'horizontal sectional :view of the intermediate portion of the rack.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view'of'the vrack cut on the line 3-.-3 of Fig. l2.

The rack includes a plate-portion l adapted to be secured to a wall or any otlierv, s uit table support by means of appropriate securing devices as indicated in Fig. 1 ofthe drawing. A hollow body portion 2 is formed or provided upon the plate 1 and Ythe said body portion is extended into a lower hollow arm 3. A knob l is mounted 4at the rextremity of the arm 3. Air arm 5` is pivotally mounted in the body portion 2 of the rack and one end of the arm extends through the upper portion of the said body.

The arm 5' is provided at one extremity with a knob 6 located approximately opposite the knob 4. The arm 5 is provided at its inner end with a dentate segment 7 whichlishoused within the body 2 ofthe rack. A partition 8 ,is located in the arm 3 and guides 9 are valso located within the said arm.- A frame 410 is slidably mounted between the guides 9 for `movement longitudinally of the arm 3.

A rod 11 is connected withfoneend of the vframelO and the said rodpassesthroughfthe n In order. to overcome this annoyance and loss and to make the partition S yand is provid'edatthat end whichisremote from theV framelO with a stop 12.VV

A coiled spring. 13 is interposed between the .partition 8 and the stop 12 .and is under tension with a tendency to normally hold the 'frame 10 toward the partition.

The arm 3 isprovided with 4a laterally disposed branch 131 which at its outer `Vend. is

provided with a vlug 1,4 having a notch 15.

A bar 16 is slidably mounted in the branch 13 and is provided with a laterally disposedv `arm 17 adapted .to cooperate with the lug .14 and the notch 15 therein lforthe purpose of retaining ka cane or umbrella upon the rack inv a manner as will behereinafter eX- plalned. A knob 18 is mounted at the .outer end of the bar 16'and may be usedfor the purpose of moving thev bar 16 4n ianimlly when the same is released from thel locking device about to be described. The arm 16 is provided `with al longitudinally disposed vslot'19 which receives a pin 20 the said. pin `in turn beinO supported at its end portion in kthe branchv 13. Inasmuch as the pin 20 is received in the slot 19 the said pin limits the sliding movement of the bar 16 with re.-

lation to the extension 13.V The bar 16 isv provided at its inner `end withr a dentate shank 2-1 `and a lever 22 -is fulcrumed in the extension. 13 and is provided witha `catch fend 23 adapted to engage the teethof'the shank`21. The Alever 2 2 is provided at its" inner end with an eye-241 through which the Vrod y11 passes. A traction spring 25 isattached at one end to the lever 22 and at its other end is connected with the arm 3 as bestshown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The

spring 25 is under tension with L -tendency to normally hold the catch 23 of the lever 22 in engagement with the vteeth vupon the s h ank.21. A stop 26 -is adjustably mounted lever 22 whe'reby the catch 23 is carried out of engagement withthe teeth upon the shank 21 of the bar 16.

-.upon the rod l11 and at times is adapted to I ,.ngage the sideof the eye 24 and swing the VA pulley 27 is 4journaled in the body pori tion 2 of the rackand a iiexible cord or eleframe andat its other end with the inner end portiony of the'arm 5. The intermediate portion ofthe cord 28 is `trained underV the pulley 27 as best shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. d

A barrel 29 isjournaled in the arm 3 and is disposed transversely thereof. VThe said ment -28 is connected at one endfwith the barrel 29 may be provided with a..coinv orV check slot 30. The barrel 29 is turnably mounted in the arm 3 and a key 31 is insertible in the end of the barrel and may be used for turning the same.

L provided at its upper side and above the barrel 29 with a slot 32 with which Ythe slot 30 may be brought into vertical register at times as best indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawing. VPins 33 and 34 are mounted at the Vlower side portion of the barrel 27 and lugs l 35 and 36 are provided upon the frame 10 n 40 isl connected at one end with the pawl 39 y' and at its other end with the lever 38 and under the tension of the spring 4l whichop-l` crates the pawl 39 the cord 40 .holds one end y side of the barrel 29 or in the recess 37 pro- Y provided at one end portion with inwardly and are adapted at times to encounter the pins BBand 34respectively. `The barrel 29 is provided at its side with a recess 37 which normally receives the endportion of a lever 88 fulcrumed in the armV 3. A spring `pressed pawl 39 is pivotally mounted in the bodyV 2 and the endv of thel pawl normally engages with the teethy of the vsegment 7 as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawing. A cord portion of the lever 38 in contact with the vided therein. Y

The frame 10 is in the general form of an open centered ellipse as best indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawing andthe said frame. is

disposed ledges 42 the inner edges of which are spaced from each other for a distance less than the diameter of the coin intended 'l to be received in the slot 30.. The ledges 42 normally lie under the lower end of the slot 30 in the barrel 29 consequently when a coin y.is inserted inthe said slot the opposite side portions of the said coinwill engage the inner edges of ythe ledgesv42 and the coin. is4

Assuming that the parts are inthe positions sitions thesaid-parts are in when the arm 5V Y Vcomes in contactwith the free end portion as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, `which pois in a lockedp'ositionrwith Vrelation Vto the y arm 8. At this time, of course, the rack is ,supporting articles of clothing and a cane, or

Y umbrella maybe clamped between the'lugY 14 and the arm 17 The key 31 is then inserted in the barrel 2 9 and the barrel is turned whereby one end ofthe recess 37 ofthe lever 38 and swings the said endl of the lever away from 'the center of the barrel the lever 38 swings the pawl 39 and disengages the end of the said pawl from the Y teeth upon-the segments 7. This releases the arm 5 and the tension of the spring 1 3` comes 'v into play' and the rod 11 is moved longitu- The arm 3 is dinally whereby the frame 10 is drawn toward the partitionS. Through the connecting cord 28 the arm 5 is swung from the position shown in heavy lines in Fig. 1 to the position shown in dotted lines in the said figure. Thus the articles of clothing which are supported upon the knob 4 of the arm 3 and upon the said arm are released and may be removed from the rack. As the rod 11 moves through the partition 8 the stop' 26 is brought into contact with the side of vthe eye 24.*and the lever 22 is swung against the tension of the spring 25 and the catch 23 of the saidlever is carried out of engagement withthe, teeth upon the shank`20 ofthe bar 16. Therefore the bar 16 is released and the 5 said har maybe moved in an outward directionwhereb'y thehandle 4of a cane or umbrella may be'released from the lug 14 and the arm 17.

When the frame 10 moves toward the partition 8 thel lug yencounters the pin 33 and'holdsthe slot 30 out ofA register with the sloty 32, consequentlyit isimpossible to insert an implement 'or instrument down through the said slot and extract a coin when the samev hasl been used from the slot 30 or from the receptacle 44.

When it is desired to secure articles upon thel rack this may be accomplished in the following manner: vThe hanger of a coat may be passed over` the knob 4 and along the arm 3 and a hat may be positioned with'its crown over the knob 4. The handle of a cane or umbrella may be placed in the notch 15 ofthe lug 14. The bar lis then pushed 1n an inward'direction whereby the arm 17 .retains thelcane or umbrella inthe notch 15.

At, or -aboutthe same time the arm 5Tis` swung in' a downward direction andrinas- 'much asjthe .active end ofy the pawl 39 wipes along the teeth of, the segment 7 g the knob 6 is held down infa position 'approximately` the` lsame as shown in full lines in Fig.

`ljzitnd consequently the. hat vand coatare re- ,tamed Vupon the. rack. As the* arm 5 is "swung as above indicated the cord 28 is moved longitudinally whereby the frame 10 is moved away from thejpartition 8 andthe' lug 86 comes in contact with the pin 84 at 32 in y.theupper portion of the arm 3 and another coin may be used if desired. As the said barrel is turned lthe recess37 at the side of the. barrel is brought intoposition'to receive the upper end portion of the lever 38.` l As the frame 10 is moved as vabove indicated 29. Through the cord 40 the movement of y the rod 11 is moved'so that the stop `26 is l carried away fromthe eye`24 of the lever 22 and the tension of the spring 25 comes into the lowest portion of the barrel 29 and the said barrel turned whereby its slot 30 is `brought into vertical register with the slotv against longitudinal movement and the articles supported at the outer end of the branch 13 are securely held between the arm 17 and lug 14 as described.

After the barrel 29 has been turned to the position as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing the key 31 may be removedtherefroin and therefore the person who places his articles of apparel upon the rack may retain the key 31 until he desires to remove the articles. When the owner desires to remove the articles 'from the rack he reinserts the key 81 in the barrel and he may place a coin in the slot 80 through the slot 32 and the operation hereinbefore described is repeated.

From the above description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing it will be seen that a combination rack of simple and durable structure is provided and that parts thereof mutually coperate with each other to eifectually retain the articles in a safe and secure manner upon the rack while it is locked and when the rack is unlocked the parts coperate with each other to release the articles promptly and automatically. y

Having described the invention what is claimed is In a rack having a fixed arm, a pivoted arm on the body portion, a barrel turnably mounted in the fixed arm, a lever engageable with the barrel and adapted to be swung by the barrel as the barrel is turned, means engaging the pivoted arm to lock the same in a closed position with relation to the fixed arm and being operatively connected with the lever, and a spring actuated means adapted to swing the pivoted arm from a closed to an open position when the same is released and including means for returning the barrel to its normal position when the pivoted arm is closed.

In testimony whereof I, aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES BENSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. DONEGAN, Gmo'. A. BYRNE.

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